Philippians 3

1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.

1 Hatimaye, ndugu zangu, furahini katika Bwana! Mimi kuwaandikia mambo yale yale hakuniudhi, kwa maana ni kinga kwa ajili yenu.

2 Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

2 Jihadharini na mbwa, wale watenda maovu, jihadharini na wale wajikatao miili yao, wasemao ili kuokoka ni lazima kutahiriwa.

3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

3 Kwa maana sisi ndio tulio tohara, sisi tumwabuduo Mungu katika Roho, tunaona fahari katika Kristo Yesu, ambao hatuweki tumaini letu katika mwili,

4 though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

4 ingawa mimi mwenyewe ninazo sababu za kuutumainia mwili. Kama mtu yeyote akidhani anazo sababu za kuutumainia mwili, mimi zaidi.

5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

5 Nilitahiriwa siku ya nane, mimi ni Mwisraeli wa kabila la Benyamini, Mwebrania wa Waebrania. Kwa habari ya sheria, ni Farisayo,

6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

6 kwa habari ya juhudi, nilikuwa nalitesa kanisa, kuhusu haki ipatikanayo kwa sheria, mimi nilikuwa sina hatia.

7 But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.

7 Lakini mambo yale yaliyokuwa faida kwangu, sasa nayahesabu kuwa hasara kwa ajili ya Kristo.

8 More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

8 Zaidi ya hayo, nayahesabu mambo yote kuwa hasara tupu nikiyalinganisha na faida kubwa ipitayo kiasi cha kumjua Kristo Yesu Bwana wangu, ambaye kwa ajili yake nimepata hasara ya mambo yote, nikiyahesabu kuwa kama mavi ili nimpate Kristo.

9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

9 Nami nionekane mbele zake bila kuwa na haki yangu mwenyewe ipatikanayo kwa sheria, bali ile ipatikanayo kwa imani katika Kristo, haki ile itokayo kwa Mungu kwa njia ya imani.

10 I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

10 Nataka nimjue Kristo na uweza wa kufufuka kwake na ushirika wa mateso yake, ili nifanane naye katika mauti yake,

11 and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

11 ili kwa njia yoyote niweze kufikia ufufuo wa wafu.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

12 Si kwamba nimekwisha kufikia, au kwamba nimekwisha kuwa mkamilifu, la hasha! Bali nakaza mwendo ili nipate kile ambacho kwa ajili yake, nimeshikwa na Kristo Yesu.

13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

13 Ndugu zangu, sijihesabu kuwa nimekwisha kushika. Lakini ninafanya jambo moja: Ninasahau mambo yale yaliyopita, nakaza mwendo kufikia yale yaliyo mbele.

14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

14 Nakaza mwendo nifikie ile alama ya ushindi iliyowekwa ili nipate tuzo ya mwito mkuu wa Mungu ambao nimeitiwa huko juu mbinguni katika Kristo Yesu.

15 All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.

15 Hivyo sisi sote tuliokuwa kiroho tuwaze jambo hili, hata mkiwaza mengine katika jambo lolote, Mungu ataliweka wazi hilo nalo.

16 Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.

16 Lakini na tushike sana lile ambalo tumekwisha kulifikia.

17 Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.

17 Ndugu zangu, kwa pamoja fuateni mfano wangu na kuwatazama wale wanaofuata kielelezo tulichowawekea.

18 For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

18 Kwa maana, kama nilivyokwisha kuwaambia mara nyingi kabla, nami sasa nasema tena hata kwa machozi, watu wengi wanaishi kama adui wa msalaba wa Kristo.

19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

19 Mwisho wa watu hao ni maangamizi, Mungu wao ni tumbo, na utukufu wao ni aibu, na mawazo yao yamo katika mambo ya dunia.

20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

20 Lakini uenyeji wetu uko mbinguni. Nasi tunamngoja kwa shauku Mwokozi kutoka huko, yaani, Bwana Yesu Kristo,

21 who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

21 atakayeubadili mwili wetu wa unyonge, ili upate kufanana na mwili wake wa utukufu, kwa uweza ule ambao kwa huo aweza hata kuvitiisha vitu vyote chini yake.